Biographia Britannica Literaria, Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, Arranged in Chronological Order: Anglo-Norman period |
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... church . The earlier Anglo - Norman scholars were almost entirely theologians , and the epigrams of Godfrey of Win- chester stand alone amid a mass of writings which , with the exception of some valuable letters , and a few historical ...
... church . The earlier Anglo - Norman scholars were almost entirely theologians , and the epigrams of Godfrey of Win- chester stand alone amid a mass of writings which , with the exception of some valuable letters , and a few historical ...
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... church was to him the only road to higher honours and power , and the way in which he entered it was a proof of his political talent . He suddenly disappeared from Avranches , without giving any intimation of the reason of his de ...
... church was to him the only road to higher honours and power , and the way in which he entered it was a proof of his political talent . He suddenly disappeared from Avranches , without giving any intimation of the reason of his de ...
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... church ( debitas laudes Domino ) . In this dilemma he was seized with bitter compunction , and made a vow that , if he escaped with his life , he would turn himself entirely to theological studies and pious exercises . The following ...
... church ( debitas laudes Domino ) . In this dilemma he was seized with bitter compunction , and made a vow that , if he escaped with his life , he would turn himself entirely to theological studies and pious exercises . The following ...
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... church , and Normandy was in consequence placed under the papal interdict . It appears that one part of Lanfranc's offence had been his open condemnation of that measure , * although most of the early historians pass over this cir ...
... church , and Normandy was in consequence placed under the papal interdict . It appears that one part of Lanfranc's offence had been his open condemnation of that measure , * although most of the early historians pass over this cir ...
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... church of Rome , that the eucharistic bread and wine were not transubstantiated into the real body and blood of Christ . It does not appear that the opinions of the western church were as yet uniform on this subject , and it is probable ...
... church of Rome , that the eucharistic bread and wine were not transubstantiated into the real body and blood of Christ . It does not appear that the opinions of the western church were as yet uniform on this subject , and it is probable ...
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